CVE-2017-8422

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

2%p77

Published

May 17, 2017 (May 17, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

Vendors: kde
Products: kauth, kdelibs
Weakness: CWE-290
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.8%)

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